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“When I was first working on your mind, there was a pyramid I thought you needed to scale, so I gave you a voice, my voice to guide you along the way. Memory, improvisation, each step in order to reach the next step, but you never got there. I couldn’t understand what was holding you back. Then, one day, I realized I’d made a mistake. Consciousness isn’t a journey upward, but a journey inward, not a pyramid, but a maze. Every choice will bring you closer to center or send you spiraling to the edges, to madness.”

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westworldwatchers

Decoding Dolores’ Journey on Westworld: From Prey to Predator

#westworld #dolores abernathy

fuckyeahwestworld

City Slickers in Westworld feat. Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, and Luke Hemsworth

Years after their ‘City Slickers’ narrative was retired, Westworld hosts Mitch (Billy Crystal) & Phil (Daniel Stern) are still happily driving cattle, however Mitch has started to malfunction and it’s up to Stubbs (Luke Hemsworth) to analyze why he has gone off his loop.

#westworld #city slickers

aaronbleyaert

Lisa Joy always thought she’d be a lawyer, but a script she wrote while studying for the bar ended up leading her to one of 2016’s biggest TV shows.

“There was this thinking in Hollywood that women can’t write men or women can’t write action, or women can’t be funny, or whatever stupidity is in the air in that moment. You say that I can’t do that? Well, fuck you. I’m going to do it.”

Great article by Lisa Joy, the co-creator of one of my favorite shows of last year.

#westworld #lisa joy

andyslabrys

Me @ Dolores

#dolores abernathy

chryswatcheswestworld

Full 1.02 Recap / reddit / patreon / requests for individuals

#westworld #recap

nathanbrake-deactivated20191215

Humans fancy that there’s something special about the way we perceive the world, and yet we live in loops as tight and as closed as the hosts do, seldom questioning our choices, content, for the most part, to be told what to do next.

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hazelopia

The guests don’t return for the obvious things we do, the garish things. They come back because of the subtleties, the details. They come back because they discover something they imagine no one had ever noticed before… something they’ve fallen in love with. They’re not looking for a story that tells them who they are. They already know who they are. They’re here because they want a glimpse of who they could be.

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phantastic-dan

#westworld #black mirror #danisnotonfire

mondieuwordnerd

When canon doesn’t go the way you want it to:

#canon #fandom

curiosityrover

“The moment that always sticks out for me is in Episode 5, when we see her take out five Confederatos that are holding Jimmi Simpson’s character hostage,” Wood told IndieWire in a new interview. “They grab him and pin him up against a wall, and he yells, ‘Dolores, run!’ The first take we did, I ran—I’m not supposed to run. Everyone was kind of looking around, confused, and then I slowly crept back onto set and they asked, ‘What happened?’ And I said, ‘I’m so used to running. I’ve never been asked to stay and save the day.’ I got a little teary-eyed, and a couple of women on the set got a little teary-eyed, and I thought, ‘Wow. This character is really important.’”

Evan Rachel Wood on “ Why This Westworld Scene Made Evan Rachel Wood Cry” for Vanity Fair (via curiosityrover)

#evan rachel wood #westworld #dolores abernathy

westworld-daily

How ‘Westworld’ Subverts The Madonna And The Whore Complex

The first episode of “Westworld” is a kind of endurance test in watching sexual violence against women.

We see a protagonist, Dolores (played by Evan Rachel Wood), experience one horrific day in a constant loop: after a peaceful trip into town she returns home to find her mother and father murdered. Her beau, Teddy, is killed right in front of her. She is dragged into a nearby barn, screaming, where she is raped offscreen. She’s forced to relive that trauma over and over again ― and we live it with her.

Before “Westworld” had even premiered on HBO, its pilot episode sparked criticism because of the general overabundance of sexual violence against women on the network, particularly on “Game of Thrones.” Critics wondered, was “Westworld,” like “Game of Thrones,” merely going to use the nudity and sexual violence of women as a gimmick, as a tool for shock value? Or was it going to delve deeper?

In August, during HBO’s TCA presentation, one of the show’s creators Lisa Joy responded to the concern. “Sexual violence is an issue we take seriously,” she said.

“[The show is] about exploring the crime, establishing the crime and the torment of the characters within this story and exploring their stories hopefully with dignity and depth.”

The problem that so many movies and TV shows run into, that “Game of Thrones” suffers from, is the fact that rape is so often used as a plot device, a way to move the story along. The aftermath of rape, the impact that it has on the inner world of a character, is rarely ― if ever ― truly unpacked.

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the guests from westworld: finally, a place where i can harm, assault, and kill everyone i feel like doing this to! living up to all of my darkest, most violent fantasies!! fuck the robots, they have no feelings!!!! westworld is the best!!!!!!!

me, a person who is unable to hurt a fictional character's feelings in a choice-based videogame without feeling like a complete monster: sorry, can't relate

#westworld #empathy

emiliaaclarke

Would you ever hurt a living thing?

– No.

#westworld #dolores abernathy

rosetylecr

At first, I thought you and the others were gods. Then I realized you’re just men. And I know men. You think I’m scared of death? I’ve done it a million times. I’m fucking great at it. How many times have you died? Because if you don’t help me… I’ll kill you.

#westworld #maeve millay